JaccoW

I picked up way too many bikes, started way too many projects and spent way too much money on bikes. But I definitely had fun doing it. There was quite a bit of riding with two separate weeks of riding through my home country. One in August in the blistering heat with a friend, the other on my own in the miserable cold, windy weather of November. And a nice weekend with my girlfriend and a friend.

It made me realize some personal things and one of them being that while I do enjoy the more inwards oriented life in a close-knit group of friends and neighbours, the fact of the matter is different groups and environments energise me. I'm ready to change some things in my life and I hope to do it in a constructive way and not burn all my ships like I might be tempted to do.

As for specific bike projects;

• I finished the 1996 Koga-Miyata SilverAce and have been riding it as my daily commuter,
• Picked up a 1977 Gazelle Tandem.
• Got my hands on a 66cm 1993 Koga-Miyata WorldTraveller to probably replace the role that my 1980's Batavus Randonneur GL fills.
• Finally turned the 1976 Gazelle Grand Tourist into the sort of bike I always wanted it to be.
• Started digitizing the Koga-Miyata brochures I got from Senior2 on the 'WereldFietser' forum together with the 1995 Koga-Miyata AdventureLady mixte that used to belong to his wife. I plan to turn that into something nice too.

Koga-Miyata SilverAce


Gazelle Tandem


Koga-Miyata WorldTraveller


Batavus Randonneur GL


Gazelle Grand Tourist


Koga-Miyata AdventureLady